DELAWARE VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION

Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning RoundtableMarch 30, 2012

Bi-state (New Jersey, Pennsylvania)

Nine counties (Philadelphia plus four suburban PA, four suburban NJ)

353 individual municipalities:

Populations range from Philadelphia (1.53 million people) to Tavistock Borough (5 people)

Sizes range from Washington Township in Burlington County, NJ (over 66,000 acres) to Millbourne Borough in Delaware County, PA (50 acres)

Greater Philadelphia Region

Greater Philadelphia Region

2010 population: 5.6 million

2010 employment: 2.9 million

Growth forecasts:

2040 population: + 11 percent to 6.3 million (over 630,000 more people)

2035 employment: + 11 percent to 3.2 million (over 300,000 more employees)

DVRPC’s Role as the Region’s MPO

Plan for orderly growth and development

Continuous, Comprehensive, and Coordinated (3Cs) Planning Process

Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

Long-range plan: Connections: The Regional Plan for a Sustainable Future

Public Involvement

What We Do

Maintain a regional resource and data center.

Conduct corridor and area studies.

Conduct regional policy analysis.

Act as a regional facilitator.

Prioritize transportation investments.

SUSTAINABILITY: “The ability of a region to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of

future generations to meet their own needs.” World Commission on Environment & Development, Brundtland Commission, 1989.

The Planning Challenge: Bending the

TrendsChange “Business As Usual” To:

Achieve a more compact development pattern.

Conserve critical natural resources.

Revitalize & reinvest in older communities.

Increase people’s use of transit, walking, and biking and reduce auto dependency.

Achieve meaningful public input in the planning process.

ConnectionsThe Regional Plan for a Sustainable Future

ConnectionsThe Regional Plan for a Sustainable Future

CORE PLAN PRINCIPLES

Manage Growth & Protect Resources

Create Livable Communities

Build an Energy-Efficient Economy

Modernize the Transportation System

Build an Energy-Efficient Economy Goals:

Support and promote the growth of key sectors.

Foster a high-quality productive workforce.

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Tracking Progress economic indicators:

jobs

average annual wage

educational attainment

housing affordability

greenhouse gas emissions

energy use

Greater Philadelphia Economic Development Framework

Satisfies EDA requirements for a regional comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS).

Approved by the EDA as Greater Philadelphia’s regional CEDS on September 30, 2009.

Product of public/private consortium of planning and economic development organizations and agencies.

Updated annually; major re-evaluation required every 5th year (by 2014).

A Regional CEDS …

Is a prerequisite for applying for funds under EDA public works, economic adjustment, and most planning programs.

Identifies regional challenges and opportunities. Integrates economic development with land use

and transportation planning. Integrates human and physical capital planning. Establishes regional goals, objectives, and

performance measures. Leverages EDA funding for regional goals.

Organization of the Framework

Regional profile

Descriptions of economic development organizations, programs, and initiatives

Summaries of key economic development documents

Regional goals, objectives, and performance measures

List of key regional projects

Focus growth in recognized centers.

Create jobs in distressed areas and for populations most in need.

Create jobs that match workforce supply.

Foster a high-quality, productive workforce.

Support and promote key economic sectors

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Enhance the climate for business growth.

Invest in public infrastructure.

Increase innovation and new business formation.

Enhance the region’s high quality of life.

Expand regional connections to the global economy.

Regional Economic Goals

Planning at the Edge“Facilitate collaboration across jurisdictional boundaries”

For additional information …

Mary E. BellManager, Demographic and Economic AnalysisDelaware Valley Regional Planning CommissionTelephone 215-238-2841E-mail mbell@dvrpc.org